8 February 1450 A.D. Thomas Kempe—Consecrated as the 86th Bishop of London

8 February 1450 A.D. Thomas Kempe—Consecrated as the 86^th Bishop of London; Formerly, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Chancellor of York; Appointed 21 Aug 1448; Received the Temporalities 6 Feb 1450; Consecrated 8 Feb 1450; Died in Office 28 Mar 1489, Having Served the London Diocese for 39 Years

 

Thomas Kempe

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Thomas Kempe
Bishop of London
Church	Catholic
See	Diocese of London
In office	1448–1489
Predecessor	Robert Gilbert
Successor	Richard Hill
Personal details
Died	28 March 1489
Previous post	Archdeacon of Richmond

Thomas Kempe was a medieval Bishop of London.

Kempe was the nephew of John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Kempe was provided to London on 21 August 1448 and consecrated on 8 February 1450. He died on 28 March 1489.^[1] He had previously held the offices of Archdeacon of York and then Richmond from 1442 to 1448.^[2]

Notes

1.     Jump up^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259

2.     Jump up^ Jones Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond

References

·         Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

·         Jones, B. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham): Archdeacons: Richmond. Institute for Historical Research.

External links

·         Will of Thomas Kempe

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Robert Gilbert	Bishop of London 1448–1489	Succeeded by Richard Hill